Archive for October 2007

Military fight fires at home

My friend Sammi, one of our Wives of Faith ladies, emailed earlier today. She lives with her husband at Camp Pendleton in California and she said there are fires all around them and there’s a good possibility they will have to leave their apartment. Her husband deploys in less than two weeks for his second

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Remember

Yesterday, on SpouseBuzz, there was a blog discussion about whether those who do not have family in the military, or are not directly affected by the war, whether they even think about military families or the troops or is there such a disconnect now between those who serve and those who don’t that our military

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Happy…. or Grumpy?

Which of the Seven Dwarfs are you? This is the second post of my “Happiest Place on Earth” series and I promised you yesterday that we would take a look at what the Bible says about being happy. But first, I want to ask: are you happy? Right now, right this minute, do you feel

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The Happiest Place on Earth

The Happiest Place on Earth. That’s where we spent the last three days of our vacation. But I’m not sure it was the happiest place on Earth. Sure, we smiled a lot, we laughed, we had a lot of fun. But I can think of at least one instance where we weren’t so happy. Standing

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Here’s to Anheuser-Busch

You may find this post a little odd, but please stay with me, I have a reason for honoring and recognizing a beer company of all things. We just got back from our vacation to Orlando and it was absolutely wonderful. We stayed in a great condo at a great price thanks to Armed Forces

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Living on Love

Living on love. That’s what my husband said we’re doing yesterday and I have to agree. Maybe it’s a corny sentiment, but it’s pretty accurate in our case. Since he got home, I have embraced, savored and enjoyed our family time. And I haven’t wanted to do anything else. If you’ve known me for a

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Broken bones, pins and all the family time you want

Well, this week turned out quite differently than I envisioned it. It was Cliff’s official second week home and since things had gone so well last week, this was the week we were going to try and get back into a “routine.” Funny how just the opposite can happen! On Day 10 of Cliff being

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